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Enrol vs. Enroll – Meaning, Usage and Examples

Enroll in the U.S.; enrol outside North America. Both are used in Canada.

Agree is intransitive in North America. It is increasingly transitive outside North America.

Appall in North America; appal everywhere else.

Installment in the U.S.; instalment everywhere else.

likable in the U.S.; likeable everywhere else.

modeled and modeling in the U.S.; modelled and modelling everywhere else.

= the usual participle of get in the U.S. and Canada, with exceptions in specific uses.

totaled and totaling in the U.S.; totalled and totalling everywhere else.

Caliber in the U.S.; calibre elsewhere.

Different than and different to are fine, despite widespread belief to the contrary.